Asheville is just one BIG Hippie Festival!

It doesn’t take long for someone to walk around downtown Asheville and notice just how many hippies are out and about around town. And it is not just your average hippie either. As we had mentioned in our Asheville Hippie article years ago, there are many types of hippies around town. We have just touched …

Asheville Named #1 Hippie Hideout in America

Sure enough, in Asheville we are known for our hippies. Some have labeled us Hippie City USA, and others call Asheville… One Big Hippie Fest. I recently read on Twitter where someone said they finally found out where all of the hippies have gone, referring to Asheville North Carolina. Either way, if you have even …

Asheville Hippie Watching Season

That’s right folks! The time of year has come where you can pull up a chair, or just sit on the floor, kick off your hiking boots or flip flops, grab 16 ounces of craft beer, and watch hippies walk around all day in downtown Asheville. Photo by @littleplantgirl on Twitter

5 Types of Hippies you will find in Asheville & WNC

All Hippies in Asheville are NOT created equal! What is a Hippie anyway? According to the Wikipedia, “The early hippies inherited the countercultural values of the Beat Generation, created their own communities, listened to psychedelic rock, embraced the sexual revolution, and some used drugs such as cannabis, LSD and magic mushrooms to explore altered states of consciousness” Well the Hippie of today is …